Electric Soup (album)

Electric Soup a.k.a. Electric Soup: The Singles Collection is the first compilation album by Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus and released in August 1992. The album peaked at No. 3 on the ARIA Charts,^[1] and was certified triple platinum.^[2] For the Electric Soup Tour in November of that year, Hoodoo Gurus were supported by Died Pretty and the Welcome Mat.^[3]

Electric Soup
Compilation album by Hoodoo Gurus
Released	August 1992
Genre	Rock
Length	68:26
Label	BMG
Producer	Hoodoo Gurus
Hoodoo Gurus chronology
Kinky (1991) Electric Soup (1992) Gorilla Biscuit (1992)

At the ARIA Music Awards of 1993, the Best Cover Art category was awarded to Paul McNeil and Richard All for Electric Soup / Gorilla Biscuit.^[4] At the ARIA Music Awards Electric Soup was noted as BMG's biggest selling domestic album of the year.

The album was re-released by Mushroom Records in 1999.

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[5]

Chris Woodstra of AllMusic rated Electric Soup at four-and-a-half stars and opined that it "shows the band in the best light, with their catchiest and best-loved songs. An excellent distillation and the best introduction to this sorely underrated brand of Aussie-pop."^[5] The Times (Victor Harbor) reviewer felt it was "Over 70 minutes of great melodies wrapped around the throbbing beat of Dave Faulkner's best songs cover a decade which forms the basis of the Hoodoo's singles collection."^[6]

Track listing

1. "What's My Scene?"
2. "Bittersweet"
3. "Come Anytime"
4. "My Girl"
5. "1000 Miles Away"
6. "I Want You Back"
7. "Axegrinder"
8. "The Generation Gap"
9. "Death Defying"
10. "A Place in the Sun"
11. "Tojo"
12. "In the Middle of the Land"
13. "Good Times"
14. "Castles in the Air"
15. "Leilani"
16. "Poison Pen"
17. "Another World"
18. "Like Wow - Wipeout!"
19. "Miss Freelove '69"

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1992/93)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[7]	3

Year end charts

Chart (1992)	Peak position
Australian (ARIA Charts)[8]	64

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[9]	3× Platinum	210,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. Hung, Steffen. "Discography Hoodoo Gurus". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung). Archived from the original on 31 January 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
2. McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Encyclopedia entry for 'Hoodoo Gurus'". Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86448-768-2. Archived from the original on 6 June 2004. Retrieved 3 August 2015.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
3. "Hoodoo Gurus Electric Soup Tour '92". The Canberra Times. National Library of Australia. 1 October 1992. p. 15. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
4. "Winners by Year 1993". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Archived from the original on 14 December 2007. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
5. Woodstra, Chris. "Electric Soup: The Singles Collection – Hoodoo Gurus". AllMusic. All Media Guide. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
6. "CD Review". The Times. Victor Harbor, SA: National Library of Australia. 18 December 1992. p. 9. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
7. "Australiancharts.com – Hoodoo Gurus – Electric Soup". Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
8. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 131.}
9. McMartin, Michael. "Hoodoo Gurus" (Press release). The Harbour Agency. Archived from the original (DOC) on 8 March 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2016.